Philosophic milestone on death by one’s own hand
Henry and Elizabeth Van Dusen, prominent religious thinkers, chose to end their lives due to worsening illness. They left a letter exploring free will and the ethics of self determined death, challenging traditional religious views on life and immortality while urging dignified acceptance of mortality.
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Henry P. van Dusen
van Dusen
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Elizabeth van Dusen
Henry van Dusen
Space Blues by the New York Times Service
A narrator sits 93 million miles from the sun on a spinning rock, detailing cosmic scale, drifting continents, looming dangers from killer bees and ozone loss, and a growing sense of misery as a cold sets in.
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South America
Ocean
Word Play and Coinages From -ize to Logotype
The piece surveys coinages ending in ize including annualize and finalize and notes President Ford's inflation remark. It cites misused forms like minuscule versus miniscule, explains logotype usage, and lists humorous rewordings such as Dentist-Recapped and Motorcycle policeman-recycled.
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T. Harry Thompson
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